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Boston Globe | International Student Enrollment

By Shorelight Team
Last updated on October 27, 2022

Shorelight CEO Tom Dretler spoke to The Boston Globe during the COVID-19 pandemic about travel and visa issues, and how international students can make the most of online classes.

Shorelight CEO Tom Dretler discusses the travel and visa availability issues impacting higher education institutions and the unique set of program characteristics required to ensure international students succeed online.

“International students will have to start a fall semester online,” Dretler said. “It’s not whether the university plans to open. It’s whether students need visas, which they can’t get right now, and flights into the country, which they can’t get right now.”

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